klange/nyancat
Nyancat in your terminal, rendered through ANSI escape sequences. This is the source for the Debian package `nyancat`. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5390
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 867
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1584 stars · 144 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A small C program that renders the Nyan Cat (Poptart Cat) animation in your terminal using ANSI escape sequences. It can run standalone or serve the animation over telnet via inetd, and is packaged in many Linux and BSD distributions.
Use cases
- render nyan cat animation in my terminal
- fun terminal easter egg to show coworkers
- host a nyan cat telnet server
- test terminal ANSI color and escape sequence support
- novelty command-line toy for a demo
When to choose
- you want a lightweight, dependency-free terminal animation toy
- you need a simple telnet/inetd demo service
- you want to verify ANSI escape sequence rendering across terminals
When to avoid
- you need a serious terminal UI framework or TUI library
- you want a maintained project with active development
- you need a license other than NCSA or strict license compliance
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli terminal-ui animation entertainment developer-tools windows bsd cli cross-platform nyan-cat ansi-escape-sequences telnet-server novelty c command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/klange/nyancat · fetched 2026-08-28 · aa2984205a8f
- homepage: http://nyancat.dakko.us/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8ad0e1bf80f7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| klange/nyancat | main | 23 |
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